Trump administration asks Supreme Court to axe Obamacare
President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the U.S. Supreme Court to invalidate the Obamacare law introduced by his predecessor that added millions to the healthcare...
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U.S. federal judge rules Obamacare unconstitutional
A federal judge in Texas on Friday ruled the Affordable Care Act, commonly known as Obamacare, was unconstitutional based on its mandate requiring that people buy...
An adolescent’s foreign policy
In the first part of a series that will explore Year Two of the Trump presidency, John Tirman has serious misgivings about his misguided worldview...
Trump signs order to weaken Obamacare
President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Thursday to weaken the Obamacare law and make it easier for Americans to buy bare-bones health insurance plans, but...
Republican Obamacare repeal bill fails in U.S. Senate
U.S. Senate Republicans failed early on Friday to overturn the healthcare law known as Obamacare, in a stinging blow to President Donald Trump that may...
US Senate advances on healthcare, with dramatic return by McCain
U.S. Senate Republicans narrowly agreed on Tuesday to open debate on a bill to end Obamacare, but the party’s seven-year effort to roll back Democratic...
Republicans meet late into night as Trump demands new healthcare plan
Republicans struggling to agree on healthcare legislation to overhaul Obamacare obeyed U.S. President Donald Trump’s orders to try to swiftly reach a deal but were...
Republicans consider bipartisan healthcare talks (Update)
As their seven-year effort to repeal and replace Obamacare derailed in the US Senate, Republicans faced the prospect of doing the once unthinkable: working with Democrats to...
U.S. Republicans divided after second healthcare bill collapses
Republicans in the U.S. Congress were in chaos over healthcare legislation after a second attempt to pass a bill in the Senate collapsed late on...
Trump tastes failure as U.S. House healthcare bill collapses
By David Lawder and Steve Holland President Donald Trump suffered a stunning political setback on Friday in a Congress controlled by his own party when...
Obamacare supporters rally against congressional repeal efforts
By Ian Simpson Supporters of Obamacare staged rallies across the country on Thursday denouncing efforts by President Donald Trump and Republican congressional leaders to repeal...
U.S. House votes to begin repealing Obamacare
U.S. House Republicans on Friday won passage of a measure starting the process of dismantling Obamacare, despite concerns about not having a ready replacement and the...
Trump looks to Obamacare critic, Indiana expert to overhaul healthcare system
President-elect Donald Trump will announce on Tuesday he has chosen a vociferous Obamacare critic and an Indiana policy expert to help him overhaul the US...
Obama puts fresh face on Obamacare with new health secretary
By Roberta Rampton and Steve Holland President Barack Obama said on Friday he will promote budget director Sylvia Mathews Burwell to be his next health secretary, who will preside over the...
Obamacare website stalls before enrollment deadline
By David Morgan The federal website for US consumers to enroll in private health insurance under Obamacare ran into problems twice on Monday because of a surge...
Even if website works, Obamacare could see trouble ahead
By David Morgan The Obama administration says it is on target to make its problematic health insurance website work smoothly for the “vast majority” of...
Obama to meet with insurers on Obamacare fix
By Mark Felsenthal President Barack Obama will meet with insurance industry executives on Friday to discuss his plan to help those seeing their current health...
Obama, under political pressure, offers fix to healthcare policy
By Steve Holland and Susan Cornwell President Barack Obama bowed to political pressure from his fellow Democrats on Thursday and announced a plan to let...
U.S. lawmakers begin last-ditch effort on debt ceiling
The U.S. Senate prepared for a last ditch effort Wednesday to avoid a historic lapse in the government’s borrowing authority, a breach that President Barack...
Republicans unveil plan to avert US default
By Richard Cowan Republicans in the House of Representatives on Thursday unveiled a plan that would avert a looming U.S. default, in a sign that...